嫦娥探测器轨道测定中的科学与技术问题

嫦娥探测器轨道测定技术既是成功完成工程任务的基础,也对月球科学研究起着重要作用。嫦娥探测器的轨道测定与地球航天器的轨道测定有诸多不同之处,本文介绍了绕月球探测与绕地球探测在测定轨技术方面的差异,并介绍了基于"嫦娥一号"、"嫦娥二号"月球探测器建立月面地形以及月球重力场模型的研究进展,最后分析了"嫦娥二号"平动点飞行试验以及小行星探测试验的测定轨能力。这些技术不仅在月球探测工程中起到关键作用,对我国后续深空探测也有很好的借鉴意义。     

嫦娥三号巡视器的惯导与视觉组合定姿定位

针对“嫦娥三号”的“玉兔号”巡视器在月面未知环境中避障与安全行进的要求,分析和阐述了“玉兔号”巡视器在地面遥操作中心的控制下利用惯导和视觉组合进行月面导航与精确定位的实现方法,并结合现有的导航定位研究对“玉兔号”巡视器导航与定位的工程创新性进行了总结,阐明了惯导定位和视觉定位技术在“玉兔号”巡视器月面探测过程中的工程应用特点.最后,通过“玉兔号”巡视器着月点的精确定位实验,验证惯导和视觉相结合的定位方法的有效性,定位精度近似达到总行驶里程的1％,这对“玉兔号”巡视器开展月面探索和准确抵达科学目标位置具有重要作用.     

深空测控网信息接口设计及嫦娥三号任务验证

为了对“嫦娥三号”任务以及后续月球与深空探测任务提供测控支持,我国在喀什和佳木斯分别新建了35m和66 m深空测控站,并组成了深空测控网.考虑到新建深空测控网既需要与我国现行航天测控网进行信息交互,又可以为国际上其他国家和组织的月球和深空探测器提供支持,在信息接口设计时充分参考了CCSDS（Consultative Committee for Space Data System,空间数据系统咨询委员会）、ECSS （European Cooperation for Space Standardization,欧洲空间标准化组织）等国际标准.重点介绍了中国深空测控网的信息接口设计,具体接口包括深空测控设备与深空任务中心间接口、深空运行管理中心相关接口以及干涉测量系统相关接口.该接口设计在“嫦娥三号”任务中得到了充分的验证,各类信息传输正确、及时、有效,为任务过程中的决策提供了支持.     

嫦娥五号探测器推进系统研制与飞行

本文介绍了嫦娥五号探测器推进系统的任务特点、研制要求、设计方案、主要单机技术以及在轨飞行表现。嫦娥五号推进系统由三部分组成：轨道器推进子系统、着陆器推进子系统、上升器推进子系统,均采用氦气恒压挤压式双组元统一推进系统。为实现探测器的目标,推进系统在以往技术基础上开发了一系列新技术和新产品,大幅减轻了系统干质量、提高了相关性能,并采取了一系列技术加强了产品可靠性和月面环境适应性,最终圆满实现了探测器的任务目标。     

给“嫦娥一号”录像

在绕月探测工程的五大系统中,令人注目的就是嫦娥一号绕月探测卫星,因为它是中国第一个月球探测器,它将走近月球直接获取大量有价值信息,其能否正常工作关系到整个工程的成败,所以是整个工程里关键中的关键。与人造地球卫星相比,远离地球的空间探测器在通信、制导、电源等许多方面更为复杂,提出了不少新的挑战。     

保驾导航的地面测控系统

地面测控系统与嫦娥一号探月卫星关系紧密,它既是卫星的领航者,又是卫星的保护者,在嫦娥一号整个飞行期间,它起到了保驾导航的作用。地面测控系统负责运载火箭发射和嫦娥一号卫星整个飞行任务期间的轨道测量、遥测监视、遥控操作和飞行控制,以及嫦娥一号卫星探测应用期间的任务计划的实施与操作管理,并通过高精度的测定轨道,为地面应用系统科学探测数     

月球重力场模型误差对CE-5T1探测器定轨的影响

利用嫦娥五号再入返回飞行试验拓展任务期间获取的探测器(CE-5T1)实测数据,采用内符合方法比较了3种重力场模型的实测数据定轨结果,发现采用GRAIL(Gravity Recovery And Interior Laboratory,重力恢复与内部实验室)重力场模型进行定轨的结果最优。相比于之前的嫦娥系列探测器定轨常用的LP(Lunar Prospector,月球勘探者)重力场模型,采用GRAIL重力场模型定轨后测距数据的残差降低了1个量级。进一步采用不同重力场模型进行轨道外推,定量分析重力场模型对不同类型轨道的影响,结果表明,对于倾角为90°的环月极轨道,不同重力场模型的轨道外推结果差异较小;而对于倾角为20°和40°的环月轨道,不同重力场模型的外推星历的偏差均方根可达到2km,大于当前环月探测器的定轨精度。为此,建议在后续探月任务中使用GRAIL重力场模型进行轨道确定。     

月球巡视探测器自主定向算法研究

月球巡视探测器自主导航是其能在月面执行探测任务的关键,而定向又是月球巡视探测器自主导航的一个重要组成部分,其定向精度将直接影响到月球巡视探测器定位性能。将CCD(ChargeCoupleDevice)太阳敏感器应用到月球巡视探测器上,用太阳敏感器测量太阳位置矢量,结合加速度计测量的重力矢量,利用QUEST算法推算了月球巡视探测器的姿态和航向,为月球巡视探测器构建了一套适用于长时间、长距离导航的绝对定向方案,通过理论分析和实际推算描述了该定向方案的具体实现过程,最后以仿真结果验证了该方案的可行性,为下一步月球巡视探测器定位研究提供了技术参考。     

我国发布迄今世界上分辨率最高的全月图

国防科工局2月6日发布＂嫦娥二号＂月球探测器获得的7m分辨率全月球影像图,比＂嫦娥一号＂全月图120m的分辨率提高了17倍,使我国成为世界上第一个发布分辨率优于7m全月球影像图的国家。这是我国探月工程取得的又一重大科技成果。 ＂嫦娥二号＂7m分辨率全月球影像图的数据处理和制图质量得到了严格、有效控制,影像图的空间分辨率、影像质量、镶嵌精度、数据一致性和完整性等优于国际同类产品。     

嫦娥五号月球轨道交会导引策略设计

嫦娥五号任务实现了国际首次月球无人轨道交会对接，本文详细介绍了其最终飞控实施所采用的交会导引策略的设计模型、方法和工程实现考虑。讨论了嫦娥五号月球轨道交会任务的工程设计约束和关键参数的确定，提出了一种月球轨道交会的交班点确定方法。提出了一种新的四脉冲交会策略，通过引入径向变轨控制量，固定各次变轨点位置，解决了在月球背面测控遮挡约束下确保各次变轨全过程测控可见的工程难题。针对新四脉冲方案，采用近圆轨道偏差方程提出了一种新的初值求解方法，构造了基于微分修正的精确数值求解算法，并推导了求解所需的状态转移矩阵的解析表达形式。建立了测控约束下的交会导引约束优化模型，获得了测控约束下的最优能量解，并揭示了问题的全局特性规律。给出了所提出方法在嫦娥五号实际任务中的应用，验证了此方法的正确性。     

月球车释放对着陆器稳定性的影响

因基于摇臂式月球车释放机构在月球车释放时对着陆器的倾翻力矩较大,易使着陆器倾翻而导致整个探测任务失败,所以对月球车着陆释放时着陆器稳定性的研究尤为重要.将着陆器腿不等量压缩、月面坡度、低重力环境、释放加速度等因素进行参数化处理;应用D-H坐标法得到基于各参量的支撑多边形坐标以及着陆器和月球车的位姿方程,进而建立了月球车...     

Overloading of Landing Based on the Deformation of the Lunar Lander

Along with the progress of sciences and technologies, a lot of explorations are taken in many countries or organizations in succession. Lunar, the natural satellite of the earth, become a focus of the space discovery again recently because of its abundant resource and high value in use. Lunar exploration is also one of the most important projects in China. A primary objective of the probe in lunar is to soft-land a manned spacecraft on the lunar surface. The soft-landing system is the key composition of the lunar lander. In the overall design of lunar lander, the analysis of touchdown dynamics during landing stage is an important work. The rigid-flexible coupling dynamics of a system with flexible cantilevers attached to the main lander is analyzed. The equations are derived from the subsystem method. Results show that the deformations of cantilevers have considerable effect on the overloading of the lunar lander system.     

玉兔号巡视器导航定位中的多目标管理方法

基于多目标管理方法,阐述了玉兔号巡视器定位多目标管理的概念。兼顾技术成熟度、定位效率、冗余验证和阶段化分层管理等原则,对玉兔号巡视器着陆点和导航点的定位方法进行建模及分析比较,给出对应的定位方案。最后,将基于此多目标管理方法制定的方案,应用于玉兔号巡视器的定位任务,定位精度优于亚像素级,相对定位精度优于4％。     

Geochemical Constraints on the Origin of the Moon and Preservation of Ancient Terrestrial Heterogeneities

Space Science Reviews - Chang’E 4 is the first mission to the far side of the Moon and consists of a lander, a rover, and a relay spacecraft. Lander and rover were launched at 18:23...     

Conceptual design and analysis of legged landers with orientation capability

The lander with orientation capability is of fundamental importance for the “Returning” mission because its body can be the base with a suitable launching angle for the ascender lifting off. This paper proposes the conceptual design and verification of Landers with Orientation Capability (LOCs). Firstly, the topological composition of the lander is analyzed and expressed in the form of Lie group, which provides the fundamental principle for the type synthesis of LOCs. Then, the type synthesis approach for designing LOCs is proposed, which includes designing the Equivalent Parallel Mechanism (EPM) and the auxiliary limbs. Numerous mechanisms of LOCs with two-dimensional rotational motions are obtained based on the type synthesis approach by developing and combining the EPMs and auxiliary limbs. Afterward, kinematics and Jacobian matrix of a typical legged lander are developed, the workspace is analyzed, singularity configurations are analyzed based on the wrench graph method, and finally, the orientation capability is analyzed. The pitch and yaw angle reach 17.5°, considering the permissible range of joints. The proposed types of LOCs offer potential candidate for the “Returning” mission of the exploration mission.     

Lunar photography: Techniques and results

Conclusion The lunar photography missions have included flyby, impacter, lander, and orbiter spacecrafts. These missions have provided photographs of the far side of the moon and a ten-fold increase in frontside resolution plus higher resolution of selected frontside areas. The resolutions which have been achieved vary from 1 m for the Lunar Orbiter to 1/2 m for the impacting Ranger to millimeters for Luna-IX and the Surveyors. The return from these missions have resolved much of the mystery surrounding the moon.The prime objective of the U.S. photographic missions has been the support of the Apollo-manned lunar landing program. The Ranger program, the Surveyor program, and the Lunar Orbiter program provided a logical progression in the utilization of a developing space exploration technology. These programs have provided the required information and have confirmed that the Apollo landing vehicle design is compatible with the conditions to be experienced on selected areas of the lunar surface.The future manned landing missions can be expected to provide additional lunar photography. Since the astronauts can be more selective in their photography, even more outstanding and informative results should be achieved. The addition of movies and even live television coverage will permit earth-based man to share more directly in the manned exploration of the moon.The unmanned photographic exploration of the moon has provided much of the technology required for similar missions to the planets. The U.S. Mariner-IV was the first successful mission to obtain close-up photographs of the planet Mars. It can be expected that both the U.S.A. and Russia will try for further photographic successes in the exploration of our solar system.This paper presents the results of one phase of research carried out at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, under Contract No. NAS 7-100, sponsored by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.     

Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO): Observations for Lunar Exploration and Science

The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) was implemented to facilitate scientific and engineering-driven mapping of the lunar surface at new spatial scales and with new remote sensing methods, identify safe landing sites, search for in situ resources, and measure the space radiation environment. After its successful launch on June 18, 2009, the LRO spacecraft and instruments were activated and calibrated in an eccentric polar lunar orbit until September 15, when LRO was moved to a circular polar orbit with a mean altitude of 50 km. LRO will operate for at least one year to support the goals of NASA’s Exploration Systems Mission Directorate (ESMD), and for at least two years of extended operations for additional lunar science measurements supported by NASA’s Science Mission Directorate (SMD). LRO carries six instruments with associated science and exploration investigations, and a telecommunications/radar technology demonstration. The LRO instruments are: Cosmic Ray Telescope for the Effects of Radiation (CRaTER), Diviner Lunar Radiometer Experiment (DLRE), Lyman-Alpha Mapping Project (LAMP), Lunar Exploration Neutron Detector (LEND), Lunar Orbiter Laser Altimeter (LOLA), and Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera (LROC). The technology demonstration is a compact, dual-frequency, hybrid polarity synthetic aperture radar instrument (Mini-RF). LRO observations also support the Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS), the lunar impact mission that was co-manifested with LRO on the Atlas V (401) launch vehicle. This paper describes the LRO objectives and measurements that support exploration of the Moon and that address the science objectives outlined by the National Academy of Science’s report on the Scientific Context for Exploration of the Moon (SCEM). We also describe data accessibility by the science and exploration community.     

Ground-based investigations on phase-moving phenomenon with space sublimation cooling for lunar exploration missions

The lunar surface is a typical vacuum environment, and its harsh heat rejection conditions bring great challenges to the thermal control technology of the exploration mission. In addition to the radiator, the sublimator is recommended as one of the promising options for heat rejection. The sublimator makes use of water to freeze and sublimate in a porous medium, rejecting heat to the vacuum environment. The complex heat and mass transfer process involves many physical phenomena such as the freezing and sublimation phase change of water in the porous medium and the movement of the phase-change interface. In this paper, the visualized ground-based experimental approaches of space sublimation cooling were presented to reveal the moving law of three-phase point and the growth phenomenon of ice-peak and icicle in microchannels under vacuum conditions. The visualized experiments and results prove that the freezing ice is divided into the porous ice-peak and the transparent icicle. As the sublimation progresses, the phase-change interface moves downward steadily, the length of the ice-peak increases, but the icicle decreases. The visualized experiments of space sublimation cooling in the capillary have guiding significance to reveal the sublimation cooling mechanism of water in the sublimator for lunar exploration missions.     

Evaluating the Wind-Induced Mechanical Noise on the InSight Seismometers

The SEIS (Seismic Experiment for Interior Structures) instrument onboard the InSight mission to Mars is the critical instrument for determining the interior structure of Mars, the current level of tectonic activity and the meteorite flux. Meeting the performance requirements of the SEIS instrument is vital to successfully achieve these mission objectives. Here we analyse in-situ wind measurements from previous Mars space missions to understand the wind environment that we are likely to encounter on Mars, and then we use an elastic ground deformation model to evaluate the mechanical noise contributions on the SEIS instrument due to the interaction between the Martian winds and the InSight lander. Lander mechanical noise maps that will be used to select the best deployment site for SEIS once the InSight lander arrives on Mars are also presented. We find the lander mechanical noise may be a detectable signal on the InSight seismometers. However, for the baseline SEIS deployment position, the noise is expected to be below the total noise requirement \(>97~\%\) of the time and is, therefore, not expected to endanger the InSight mission objectives.